Responsibility
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- 99% of failures come from people who make excuses.
- A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says, "I was beaten." He does not say, "My men were beaten.
- A good leader takes a little more than his share of blame; a little less than his share of credit.
- A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.
- A little neglect may breed great mischief.
- A loss is not a failure until you make an excuse.
- A man is called selfish, not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's.
- A man must first govern himself ere he is fit to govern a family; and his family ere he be fit to bear the government of the commonwealth.
- A man who has committed a mistake and doesn’t correct it is committing another mistake.
- A new position of responsibility will usually show a man to be a far stronger creature than was supposed.
- A spark neglected makes a mighty fire.
- A strong leader accepts blame and gives the credit. A weak leader gives blame and accepts the credit.
- A world without God cannot wait for us to choose the safe path. If we wait for someone else to take the risk, we risk that no one will ever act and that nothing will ever be accomplished.
- A wrongdoer is often a man who has left something undone, not always one who has done something.
- Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.Les BrownCommonly attributed
- Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
- All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you.
- Amateurs believe that the world should work the way they want it to. Professionals realize that they have to work with the world as they find it.
- Amateurs blame others. Professionals accept responsibility.
- An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.
- And so, my fellow americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.
- Any time you give a man something he doesn't earn, you cheapen him. Our kids earn what they get, and that includes respect.
- Appointments once made, become debts. If I have made an appointment with you, I owe you punctuality; I have no right to throw away your time, if I do my own.
- At the root of resilience is the willingness to take responsibility for results.
- Bad men excuse their faults; good men will leave them.
- Be sure you can obey good laws before you seek to alter bad ones.
- Be the designer of your world and not merely the consumer of it.
- Because you are in control of your life. Don't ever forget that. You are what you are because of the conscious and subconscious choices you have made.
- Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
- Choosing to take responsibility for ourselves and for the consequences our choices create looks like hard work, but it really sets us free.
- Circumstances are beyond the control of man, but his conduct is in his own power.
- Conditions may make some men, but some men can make conditions.
- Depend not on fortune, but on conduct.
- Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.
- Do not be a victim, ever. Victimhood is a losing mindset. Self-determination requires focusing on what you can control and driving forward.
- Do not despise your situation; in it you must act, suffer, and conquer. From every point on earth we are equally near to heaven and to the infinite.
- Do not let temporary setbacks become permanent excuses.
- Doctors won’t make you healthy. Nutritionists won’t make you slim. Teachers won’t make you smart. Gurus won’t make you calm. Mentors won’t make you rich. Trainers won’t make you fit. Ultimately, you have to take responsibility. Save yourself.
- Don't believe the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
- Don't make excuses — make good!